Digital BW, The Print

Steve Kale wrote:
> Hmmmm....what do have against Chinese production?  Better get used to Made
> in China.  It is the natural place for a large portion of the world\ufffds
> manufacturing to shift to.  Where the goods are made or assembled is not an
> absolute indication of their quality.  Is Taiwan ok but China not? Err,
> anything by Apple. I do not know where MIS inks are manufactured and only
> hope that they are made in the cheapest possible place but what I do care
> about is MIS\ufffd reputation in the industry and their ability to provide
> quality product.  On this count they seem to do ok.
> 
> John I think you have a valid question when you ask if there is any
> independent testing of the longevity of MIS inks.  But that doesn\ufffdt demand
> that there be any.  Many are happy to go with them because of MIS\ufffd
> reputation and the involvement of key people such as Paul.  If you are not
> then stick with the Epson inks or whatever.  Made in Japan may sound better
> (it wasn\ufffdt the case a number of years back).
> 
> 
> From: "john dean" <deanwork2003@...>
> 
> <<I have read in the past that the MIS inks were all made in China
> and thus their significantly cheaper price in the past. If this is still
> true that would be enough to scare me away. The one great thing
> about Epson ( and Cone I'm not sure about) is that they have
> great consistency in production, that you pay for of course.>>

If you check
www.neomark.com.tw
you will see a wide range of inks for inkjets + CIS systems.

After that you will see Cone Editions Press Ltd mentioned as the 
agent for Neomark in the USA:
http://www.neomark.com.tw/profile/agents.htm

That still doesn't guarantee that Cone's quad sets are made by 
that company.  But China in general is a big producer of filled 
carts and for a long time already.  Epson carts as well.  In some 
cases ink is exported to China to fill carts that are later on 
sold on the world market. Van Son at least did that for some 
time.  Costs in manufacturing bulk ink will not be that much 
cheaper in China, confectioning is.  Big chemical companies like 
Ciba-Geigy, Dupont, Akzo-Nobel, Mitsubishi produce pigments 
everywhere in their plants and they are the real sources of the 
new pigment types for inkjet inks.

Ernst